Table 3. Receipt of transfusion according to World Health Organization transfusion (WHO) criteria.

WHO Criteria	Category	Freq. (%)	Transfused (%)	Numbers transfused in sub-category (%)
Eligible for transfusion	Hb < 4	1134 (4.1)	912 (80.4)	1479 (54.8)
	Hb 4-6: Criteria +ve	1564 (5.6)	567 (36.3)
Ineligible for transfusion	Hb 4-6: Criteria -ve	746 (2.7)	194 (26.0)	714 (2.8)
	Hb > 6	24372 (87.3)	520 (2.1)

Criteria +ve includes any one of

   •   Clinically detectable dehydration

   •   Shock (compensated)

   •   Impaired consciousness

   •   Deep breathing

   •   Very high parasitaemia

Criteria – ve includes none of the above